SKU: OT.23127

ISBN 9789655050721. 8.27 x 11.69 inches.

Bakashot are piyyutim (religious poems) which are sung late at night mostly on Sabbaths and holidays. These poems have many spiritual and mystical influences, and their origin is among the Sephardic Jews before the Expulsion from Spain. The singing of the bakashot was expanded during the 16th Century, particularly by the mystics in Safed, and appears also in the singing of the the maftirim among Turkish Jews.
These four miniatures for oboe solo are personal prayers written in the inspiration of the bakashot.
Daniel Akiva is a composer, performer, and educator whose performances on guitar and lute have won great acclaim. Mr. Akiva graduated from the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem in 1981, where he studied classical guitar with Haim Asulin and composition with Haim Alexander. In 1987 he completed his studies at the Geneva Conservatorium in Switzerland where he studied lute with Jonathon Rubin and composition with Jean Ballisa. For many years, he headed the Music Department at the WIZO High School for the Arts in Haifa, which he founded in 1986, and served as the Artistic Director of the Guitar Gems Festival from 2006-2019. As part of his work at WIZO High School, he has developed a method for teaching free improvisation that has been incorporated into the music program at the school.
Mr. Akiva has appeared in concert as a guitarist and lutist and given master classes in Israel, Europe, Russia, the United States, and Latin America. Daniel Akiva’s compositional output includes works for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, choir, voice and guitar, piano, and chamber orchestra. His works have been recorded on twelve CDs, the latest of which, Malchut, was issued by OR-TAV in 2014.
A native of Haifa whose family has lived in Israel for over five hundred years, he was steeped in the Sephardic (Jewish-Spanish) tradition from his youth. Much of his compositional output has been devoted to a dialogue with the music of the Sephardic Jews. Daniel Akiva has also maintained a creative dialogue over many years with the poets and writers Amnon Shamash, Rivka Miriam, and Avner Peretz.

SKU: SU.94010762

Dedicated to Titus Underwood, Principal Oboe, Nashville Symphony OrchestraOboe Duration: 5' Composed: 2020 Published by: Subito Music Publishing PROGRAM NOTE: The year 2020 has definitely been a very challenging year with many upheavals. During this time of the COVID-19 health crisis, wearing masks, and high racial tensions, I decided to compose four short solo woodwind works for flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon, which represent the core woodwind section in an orchestra. I was inspired to compose these short pieces after I first heard Igor Stravinsky's three short pieces for clarinet, which totals a little more than four minutes in duration. I thought that it would be nice to highlight and honor my African-American male colleagues in the orchestral music world. I wanted to celebrate the fact that they are the principal player in the section of their respective orchestras. The short pieces are as follows: Principal Brother No. 1 for flute solo for Demarre McGill, Principal Flute of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Principal Brother No. 2 for oboe solo for Titus Underwood, Principal Oboe of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Principal Brother No. 3 for clarinet solo for Anthony McGill, Principal Clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, and Principal Brother No. 4 for bassoon solo for Bryan Young, Principal Bassoon of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. These works all begin with notes that are representative of their name; D for Demarre, B for Titus (ti in solfège starting on C), A for Anthony, and Bb for Bryan. There is also a rhythmic figure in the opening measures of each piece, which represent the utterance of their names. All four of these works are rhapsodic in nature with elements of improvisation. - James Lee III.

SKU: BT.BMI11050526-400

ISBN 9789043141604. 9x12 inches. International.

With this collection, you can enjoy highlights from the work of Belgian composer Bert Appermont. The pieces have been carefully selected by the composer himself, who has paid special attention to playability, and has looked for melodies that appeal to a large audience. The melodies have been arranged according to levels of difficulty and are suitable for use in music lessons or for concert performances. The pieces Innocence and Song of Hope have been provided with a second part, so that they can be performed as duets with accompaniment. The book comes with a CD containing a demo version as well as a play-long track for each piece. The piano accompaniments have beenprovided on the CD as printable PDFs!

De hoogtepunten uit het werk van Bert Appermont, die vanwege de vertrouwd klinkende en mooie melodieën zeer geliefd zijn! De goed speelbare stukken werden voor deze uitgave door de uit België afkomstige componist geselecteerd. Zezijn op moeilijkheidsgraad gerangschikt en vormen een perfecte aanvulling op elke instrumentale methode. De cd bevat demo- en play-alongversies van alle stukken evenals printklare pdf-bestanden van de pianobegeleidingen.

Die Höhepunkte aus dem Werk des belgischen Komponisten Bert Appermont, die die aufgrund ihrer vertraut wirkenden Klangsprache und der schönen melodischen Linien sehr beliebt sind! Die Stücke wurden vom Komponisten selbst ausgewählt, der gut spielbare Melodien wählte, die auch ein breites Publikum ansprechen. Sie wurden nach Schwierigkeitsgrad angeordnet und eignen sich ausgezeichnet für den Instrumentalunterricht. Zwei Stücke sind als Duette ausnotiert. Die CD enthält Demo- und Mitspielversionen aller Stücke sowie PDFs der Klavierbegleitungen zum Ausdrucken.

Melodic Highlights vous permettra d‘apprécier les plus beaux thèmes des oeuvres de Bert Appermont, dont le style d‘écriture repose sur l‘emploi de lignes mélodiques captivantes et accessibles. Les pièces rassemblées dans ce recueil ont été sélectionnées par le compositeur lui-même, qui aura prêté une attention toute particulière leur degré de difficulté. Le CD joint comporte une version intégrale puis une version ‘accompagnement pour chacune des pièces, une solution fort idéale pour étudier chez soi, mais aussi pour jouer sous les feux de la rampe (la version papier des accompagnements de piano sont gravés sur le CD sous la forme de fichier PDF télécharger).

Bert Appermont, compositore belga noto per la scrittura melodica, ha raccolto le sue opere migliori in questa collana per fiati. Si tratta di melodie facili da eseguire e apprezzate dal pubblico. Bert Appermont propone i brani, due dei quali da eseguire in duo (tutti perfetti anche per lo studio), in ordine crescente di difficolt . Il CD contiene una versione demo e una play-along, mentre gli accompagnamenti al piano sono scaricabili in formato PDF.

SKU: HL.48014530

UPC: 073999556360.

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SKU: BT.DHP-1023238-404

ISBN 9789043162760. English.

Edited by acclaimed educator Philip Sparke, these exciting method books with online audio access for beginners contain songs, music puzzles, games to increase your understanding of music, information about your instrument, andlots of fun pieces to playâ??either with the audio tracks provided or with other students. Books include helpful diagrams and fun illustrations throughout.